I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of
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fates define him as a heroic archetype. From the beginning of the book‚ Oedipus begins with the first stage of a hero’s journey he departed to solve unanswered riddles from the Sphinx and relive to save the land. Aristotle written concept on The Poetics‚ he established the thought of a tragedy hero that‚ “ one must
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happy. Many people would be angry if we get ride of is‚ because it is a helpful and time saving device‚ and the everyday mission is to be time saving. People would not be able to cook a hot meal for lunch when they were short on time‚ or make a fast hot dinner from yesterdays leftovers. The items that are efficient make society happy. Technology is‚ in some forms‚ directly related to happiness. Simple devices have been developed to make almost every aspect of life easier. Cellular phone‚ laptop computers
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itself which is untouchable for once it is touched it is destroyed. But as translation of poetry has never been stagnant though sometimes vigorous and sometimes not‚ there is strong evidence in both translation history and present day practice that poetic translation‚ a literary form as distinguished from fiction‚ drama‚ and prose‚ is translatable. Poetry itself serves a purpose‚ be it an illusive matter‚ and aesthetics can be reproduced in another language and
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available‚ cellular text messaging and text pagers are also popular but considered impractical by members of the community. There are also TTYs that are both a TTY and a voice phone so that members of an intermodal ’ family or staff can all use the same device to communicate. The advance of the internet has had an effect on the use of TTYs with wide availability of e-mail‚ and real time chat programs. An internet relay service is also available‚ and toll-free; it connects internet callers ’ with voice
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character Hedda exemplifies the characteristics needed to be considered a tragic hero. In order to gain a better and more detailed understand of the qualities required for a tragic work‚ we should look to the discussion of tragedy found in Aristotle’s Poetics. He defines tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete‚ and possessing magnitude; and effecting through pity and fear the catharsis of such emotions” (Aristotle). Aristotle goes on to describe the tragic hero as a character
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Mimesis‚ Catharsis‚ and Pleasure: An Investigation into Aristotle’s Tragic Pleasure Bradley Elicker Temple University Abstract: Aristotle writes the Poetics as an investigation into representational art and‚ more specifically‚ as an investigation into the art form of tragedy. While Aristotle goes into great detail regarding the technical aspects of creating and appreciating a work of tragedy‚ he is somewhat lacking in his descriptions of how tragedy is enjoyed by an audience. Aristotle speaks
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fate ever imaginable. Oedipus Tyrannous is a classic Greek tragedy written by Sophocles around 470 BC. According to Aristotle’s Poetics‚ Greek tragedies should follow certain guidelines in order to be effective tragic drama. Many of Oedipus’ character traits ultimately justify his place as a perfect specimen of Aristotle’s tragic hero. According to Aristotle’s Poetics‚ Oedipus Tyrannous is tragic hero due to his hamartia and peripeteia. In Greek tragedy every hero eventually shows signs of
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The Six Elements of a Tragedy in “Oedipus Rex” Aristotle’s “The Poetics” describes the process of a tragedy. It is not the guide per se of writing a tragedy but is the idea’s Aristotle collected while studying tragedies. A tragedy‚ according to Aristotle‚ consists of six major points. The first and most important is the plot‚ which is what all the other points are based on. Such points are: character‚ language‚ thought‚ melody‚ and spectacle (Aristotle). A prime example of the usage of these
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Electricity Project The LG refrigerator uses $33.97 of electricity each year‚ while the Daewoo refrigerator uses $37.84. 1) According to my calculations‚ it would take 361.75 years to start profiting of the more expensive device compared to the cheaper device. 2) The refrigerator will not last 361 years‚ the most it could probably go is 20 years if it gets lucky. This is because it will be outdated in some time meaning no one will be able to repair it as well as the technology will slowly
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